Matthew carr



(No Model.)

M.OARR. BOTTLE. No. 569,614. 7 7 Patnted 001;. 20,1896.

0 m E F f 4 i B 4 5 in 9 r 1 0 I UNITED STATES PATENT EEicE,

MATIIEW CARR, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 569,614, dated October20, 1896,

Application filed June 15; 1396 Serial No. 595.589. (No model.) Patentedin England November 19, 1895, No. 21,985.

To (ti?) whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MATTHEW CARR, outdoor oiii cer of Her MajestysOustoms,residing at 5 Bradley Villas, lVhite Hart Lane, Wood Green,London, in the county of Middlesex, England, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in and Relating to Bottles to Prevent Them BeingRefilled, (for which I have obtained Letters Patent in Great Britain,No. 21,985, and bearing date November 19, 1895, within seven months nextpreceding the date of this application, as prescribed by theinternational convention,) of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in glass and other bottles, theobject of which is to provide a means whereby such bottles when filledand once emptied cannot be refilled in fraud of the original bottler orwithout such fraud being apparent and easily detected.

In order that my invention and the mannor of its uses may be fullyunderstood, reference is hereinafter made to the accompanying sheet ofdrawings, of which- Figure 1 is a vertical central section, while Fig. 2is an under plan view, of a bottle, substantially as I prefer toconstruct it according to and for the purposes of my invention.

I carry my invention into effect by casting, blowing, molding, orotherwise producing from glass, vulcanite, stone, or other material, orcombination of materials, a bottle, iiagon, or similar vessel A of anydesired size and shape, the neck of which, B, I prefer to construct witha solid integral head or crown l, entirely closing the mouth of same,and around and near the top of said crown I provide an annular groove orchannel D, and at a suitable distance below this a second groove orchannel E, the latter being partly formed by an annular ridge orprojection F, formed upon 0.

The bottom G- of the vessel is provided with a central circular hole oraperture H, preferably of conical shape in cross-section, and upon theinner surface of the wall forming said aperture I provide an annularridge or step .I, and from or about the lower end of the said hole 11the substance of the bottom G is removed in such a manner as to form aridge or projection K, which may be either annular or divided into anynumber of points or peaks, as may be found mostconvenient.

To fill or charge the bottle or vessel, this would be first inverted andthe liquid or other contentspassed thereinto through the opening H, andwhen the vessel is filled, or suiiiciently so, the said opening may beclosed by a cork or the like, such as L, and this when forced home wouldbe prevented from spontaneous return by reason of the finaland'expansive end of this engaging with the annular step or ridge J, asshown in Fig. l. The hollow portion of the bottom G may then be filledin with any suitable cement or material M that would become perfectlyhard when set, the annular ridge or the like K providing a perfect keyfor this, as shown by Fig. 1, and before the plastic substance M hashardened any desired seal, name, letter or letters, trademark, or thelike may be impressed therein, so as to render it impossible to removethe said substance M without entirely destroying such seal or mark. Theunder surface of the bottom G, above K, may, if desired, after insertingthe cork or the like L, be scored with a diamond before placing inposition the material M, the object of such scoring being that G wouldmore easily break should the substance M be tampered with afterhardening.

To remove the contents of the vessel A, a sharp tap or knock would begiven to the side of the crown C, when this would part from the neck 13at its weakest point of the groove E, (which may, if desired, bepreviously scored with a diamond or other cutting-tool,) when thecontents may be poured or otherwise extra-cted through the mouth N, andto facilitate the said easy removal of the crown C from the neck 3 at E,I prefer to hollow the said crown at O, which also provides that thebreaking 011' of G from B may not leave a sharp edge upon the mouth ofthe latter should it be intended that the thus brokenneck vessel may beagain used forcontaining some liquid other than that which it originallycontained, and which could not possibly be represented as the originalpackage by reason of the absence of the crown O. In such a case themouth N may be formed as shown to receive a cork, but if desired by theoriginal packers that the said vessel when once used shall not be usedagain for any purpose I may narrow the mouth N, as indicated by dottedoutline in Fig. 1, so that a cork or the like could not be so used.

In order that the crown C may not spontaneously part from the neck 13should the vessel A be filled with liquid under pressure or with aliquid that maybe generate expansive gases by age, a wire or wires orthe like may be used engaging with the groove D, or passing over thecrown of C, or both, or in any other suitable manner, such wire or wiresor the like being also connected to the neck B below the ridge E. Thecrown and its wire or other fastening may then be covered by a suitablecapsule, if desired.

Having now fully described and shown my invention, what I claim, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A bottle having an integral solid cap C, with a groove E at the jointbetween the same sesame and the bottle-neck and having also a groove Dabout its upper part above the groove E, said cap having a hollowedunder part at O opposite the groove E and the ridge F both of saidgrooves being exposed, substantially as described.

2. A bottle having a cavity in its bottom with a pointed ridge as Kextending about the same, the cement held in said cavity by the ridge,said bottom having a central conical opening with a ridge J about thebase of the same and the cork resting on said ridge, substantially asdescribed.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

MATTHEW CARR. lVitnesses:

HENRY CONRAD I-IEIDE, GEORGE THOMAS HYAL.

